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Immune dysregulation and autoreactivity correlate with disease severity in SARS-CoV-2-associated multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children
Ramaswamy A, Brodsky NN, Sumida TS, Comi M, Asashima H, Hoehn KB, Li N, Liu Y, Shah A, Ravindra NG, Bishai J, Khan A, Lau W, Sellers B, Bansal N, Guerrerio P, Unterman A, Habet V, Rice AJ, Catanzaro J, Chandnani H, Lopez M, Kaminski N, Dela Cruz CS, Tsang JS, Wang Z, Yan X, Kleinstein SH, van Dijk D, Pierce RW, Hafler DA, Lucas CL. Immune dysregulation and autoreactivity correlate with disease severity in SARS-CoV-2-associated multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. Immunity 2021, 54: 1083-1095.e7. PMID: 33891889, PMCID: PMC8043654, DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2021.04.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMIS-C patientsDisease severityInflammatory syndromeTCR repertoireSARS-CoV-2-associated multisystem inflammatory syndromeAsymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infectionSARS-CoV-2 infectionAdult COVID-19Post-infectious complicationsMultisystem inflammatory syndromeCytotoxicity genesHealthy pediatricImmune dysregulationMemory TActive infectionMyeloid dysfunctionPatientsSingle-cell RNA sequencingFlow cytometrySerum proteomicsRepertoire analysisElevated expressionSeverityAlarminsCOVID-19
2018
Phenotypic Screening Using Patient-Derived Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Identified Pyr3 as a Candidate Compound for the Treatment of Infantile Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Sakai T, Naito AT, Kuramoto Y, Ito M, Okada K, Higo T, Nakagawa A, Shibamoto M, Yamaguchi T, Sumida T, Nomura S, Umezawa A, Miyagawa S, Sawa Y, Morita H, Lee JK, Shiojima I, Sakata Y, Komuro I. Phenotypic Screening Using Patient-Derived Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Identified Pyr3 as a Candidate Compound for the Treatment of Infantile Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. International Heart Journal 2018, 59: 17-730. PMID: 30101858, DOI: 10.1536/ihj.17-730.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiastolic intracellular calcium concentrationInfantile hypertrophic cardiomyopathyHypertrophic cardiomyopathyIntracellular calcium concentrationHCM patientsIPSC-CMsInduced pluripotent stem cellsNoonan syndromeCalcium concentrationIdiopathic hypertrophic cardiomyopathyPatient-derived induced pluripotent stem cellsStem cellsPluripotent stem cellsHealthy subjectsPatientsChannel inhibitorsPhenotypic screeningPyr3Genetic disordersDisease-related phenotypesCardiomyopathySyndromeCandidate compoundsPresent studyTreatment